When my family moved to America from in 2016 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States. I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感)Americans are and how they dislike the description "old". I then apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect old people because they know they can learn from their rich experience. However, in the United States, people think "growing old" is a problem since "old" shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young.

After that, I changed the way I had been with old people. It is not that I don't respect them anymore; I still respect them, but now I don't show my feelings through words.

1.Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.

A. the manager asked him to do so B. he respected the elderly

C. the couple wanted him to do so D. he wanted more pay

2.When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______.

A. nervous B. satisfied C. unhappy D. excited

3.In Jack’s hometown, _______.

A. people dislike being called “old”

B. people are proud of being old

C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.

C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

The aim (目的) of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires (需要) a right way, or you may waste (浪费) either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.

The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good result (结果).

In studying we must have patience (耐心). If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one when we don’t learned the first one well.

When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.

We must always ask why. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers, our parents or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we learned can be made better.

Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned (提到的) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.

1.The passage tells us ________.

A. the importance of reading B. to read in the morning

C. to know the ways of studying D. to have patience in studying.

2.The passage has taught us ________ ways of studying.

A. three B. four C. five D. many

3.We’d better read in the morning because ________.

A. it’s not easy to remember what we have leant B. the air is fresh and the mind is clear

C. it’s difficult to get good result D. both A and B

4.If we can’t put our hearts into the book when we read, it is ________.

A. easy to understand it well

B. better to get something from it

C. impossible (不可能) for us to get something from it

D. possible to learn something from it

5.In studying we must always ask “why” in order to ________.

A. understand the book well B. write down the questions

C. do with the new words D. get some questions to ask our teachers

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